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I Page 8 November 21,1984 } Nusux Snwit Fish Talk Fish and Votes by Cris Stainbrook The recent elections an d the outcom e o f several races have given m any resource m anagers reason to pause an d p o n d er the fu tu re. L e t’s tak e a b rief lo o k at a few o f the election results and w hat those results m ay m ean fo r the salm on resource o f the Pacific N orthw est. Reagan’s Landslide It is a p p a re n t from the large victory th a t P residen t R eagan scored over W alter M ondale th a t m ost of the co u n try su p p o rts the P resid en t’s policies. M any people feel th a t it was R e a g a n ’s e c o n o m ic p o lic ie s w hich w on him re-election and n o t his position on env iro n mental and resource issues. None the less, the a d m in istratio n th a t b ro u g h t us Jam es W att will set resource policy in the U ,S. fo r a n o th er fo u r years. P a rt o f R eag an ’s econom ic policy has been to m ake m ajor cuts in federal governm ent spend ing. W ith the ex ceptio n o f de fense, virtually all program s have had budget reductions. A m ong the proposed cuts has been the funding fo r C olum bia R iver fish hatcheries. In fact, these seem to be a favorite target. H atchery funding has been d ro p p ed from th e b u d g e t every y e a r since R eagan to o k office. L obbying by fishing groups an d political dealing by the N orthw est co n gressional delegation have been successful in restoring the h a t chery m onies to the budget each year. I th in k we can look fo r w ard to this continuin g fo r an o th e r fo u r years. H ow ever, as people tire o f fighting the battle an d political favors are used up, there m ay com e a tim e when the salm on hatcheries will lose fund ing. O th er funding cuts m ade by the ad m in istratio n d u rin g the past fo u r years include th e b u d gets of the land use agencies. The F orest Service, for instance, has been told to increase tim b er harvest but has few er people to ad m in ister sales. The B ureau of L and M an ag em en t will be “a d ju s tin g ” th e a m o u n t o f grazing p erm itted on public land. The BLM also has fewer people avail able fo r ad m in istratio n o f its program s and lease com pliance. S ho u ld these tren d s o f increas ing use o f th e resource and decreasing m anagem ent o f th a t use continue in to the next fo u r years, it will b o d e ill fo r salm on stream s ru n n in g th ro u g h public lands. A m ore subtle change th at m ay occur d u rin g th e n ext fo u r years could have im pacts well b ey o n d th a t tim e. P re sid e n t R eag an will have th e o p p o rtu n ity to a p p o in t several suprem e co u rt justices. If forecasters are right an d those w ho are ap p ointed to th e bench are very conservative, look fo r few co u rt decisions to resu lt in m ore p ro tection fo r resources. A lso, con servative co u rts have n o t been favorable to u pholding treaty fishing an d h u n tin g rights. D e cisions m ade by one co u rt can last fo r years an d be used as the basis fo r low er co u rt decisions. R eag an ’s o p p o rtu n ity to affect this process will be in d o u b t until the cu rren t judges resign an d are replaced. The n ext fo u r years u n d er a “ m a n d a te d ” R eag an a d m in i stratio n will prove to be in ter esting indeed. F o rtu n ately , the a d m in istratio n did n o t get a “w orking m ajo rity ” in Cortgress an d th a t m ay prove to be the saving grace o f th e resources. S pilyay T ymoo tance o f 1-456 was th a t fo r the first tim e h ard m em bers have been p u t to th e tr e a ty . rights q u e stio n . In te re stin g ly , b o th sides are claim ing victory. The backers o f the initiative, a gro u p called S-SPAW N^ have issued statem ents proclaim ing this vote a clear victory fo r the “equality o f all citizens.” W hen interview ed by a rad io station recently, a leader o f S-SPA W N was u n su re as to w hat the next step w ould be. A g ro u p fo rm ed to oppose the initiative, N ix 456., was also claim ing a victory o f sorts. This g roup points out th a t aw areness o f treaty rights an d the issues relating to those rights has grown considerably as a result o f the initiative being on the ballot. The g ro u p p o in ts to the alm ost 50 percent o f the votes against 456 an d says this is a dram atic increase from the past. One of the big fears among. treaty su p p o rters is th a t 1-456 w ould open th e floodgates and o th er states w ould pass sim ilar initiatives. T h at is probably true to som e extent. A t the sam e tim e how ever, the u n d erstan d ing o f treaty rights will increase an d it will be m ore difficult to pass such measures. Seven, seven come eleven T he state o f O regon now has a lottery thanks to the Novem ber 6 vote. T he d irect connection betw een this ballo t issue and salm on m ay n o t be readily ap p a rent to the u n train ed observer b u t consider the following. F ish eries b io lo g ist are n o t highly paid individuals. They are, fo r th e m ost p a rt how ever, gam ing individuals. W ith the lottery in place and dream s o f a 1-456 big pay off dancing in their heads, fisheries biologists will co n trib The b allot m easure m ost di ute m ore to the lottery, per cap rectly involving the salm on re ita, th a n an y o th er gro u p o f source was W ashington In itia citizens. T his will lead them to tive 456. M ore im p o rtan tly it search fo r m ore lucrative p ro d ealt w ith treaty fishing rights fessions an d create m any o pen an d th e ab o lish m en t o f those ings in fisheries. M any positions rights. The m easure passed by a will go unfilled, leading to less very narrow margin despite being m anagem ent, leading to m ore opposed by m ost o f W ashing fish. The future? W ho knows. to n sta te ’s g overnm ental lead ers. In a legal sense 1-456 am o u n ts to little m ore th a n a public statem en t on th e issue o f Indian fishing rights. T he real im por- ■ ■ IIS » D oris Wolfe was the happy winner o f our last Geo Quiz. The location being ju st west o f Nee Nee Springs, north ofSimnasho. Here is another ph oto o f someone to exactly identify its location and win a years subscription to the Spilyay Tymoo. Have it mailed to a relative or friend. Remember one win per person per year. Check, use your woodstoves carefully W oodstoves have becom e the m ost frequent cause o f residen tial fire losses in O regon. L ast year, m ore th a n 2,000 w ood- stove and fireplace insert-caused fires were reported in O regon an d m ost o f them could have been prevented if hom eow ners w ould ju s t follow a few sim ple rules. 1. Use y o u r ow ner’s m an ual— read it, follow it, keep it. If you d o n ’t have one, com e by the firehouse, we have info rm ation fo r you. Use seasoned w ood. Season yo u r w ood by allow ing a ir to Circulate freely through the wood pile for several m onths to dry o u t the w ood. F ir, pine and o th e r'so ft w oods are best for kindling; o ak, m aple, an d other hardw oods are best fo r heating. 3. Never b u rn trash , saw dust, o r chemical logs in y o u r w ood- stove. They b u rn to o hot. 4. Never use gasoline, char coal lighter fluid, o r o th er li quids to start yo u r fire. The en closed w oodstove m akes an ex plosion likely. 5. Fire your w oodstove a t its m axim um once in a while to clean the flue. To prevent over- firing, do not load fuel higher th a n % of the full inside height o r.m o re th an !4 of the to tal volum n. 6. Sm all fires w ith frequent re-loading will help m aintain a clean, safe flue. L ong fires on a single load create excess soot and creosote. 7. F o r the first half h o u r w ith any new load of fuel, the dam pers should be open to prevent creo sote build-up. 8. Keep a five pound, all purpose (ABC) fire extinguisher located near your w oodstove. Be sure you and your fam ily know how to use it. 9. Install sm oke detectors and test them regularly. Early w arn ing can help keep a sm all fire from grow ing into a tragedy. 10. If there is a chim ney fire, shut off the a ir supply to the firebox, clear everyone out of the house. C all the fire d ep art m ent (553-1171) and hose dow n the roof. F o r add itio n al inform ation on fire safety, call W arm Springs Fire and Safety, 553-1161, ext. 200. R em inder: O ur departm ent still provides free hom e inspec tions. Cooking safety Thanksgiving Safety— Be espe cially sure your stove is in good condition for Thanksgiving Day cooking. Defective and over heated cooking equipm ent cause m any thousands of fires each year. D o not leave uncovered pans of grease o r fat near stove bu r ners. W ipe up any drippings. D o n o t use dried leaves, corn stalks, or other combustible deco rations near lighted candles or other ignition sources. Driving course offered Two boarding school Beginning M onday, N ovem b er 26, 1984. A D rivers C ourse will be offered an d will continué until a t least 16 h o u rs o f class instruction are com pleted. Classes will be held tw o (2) nights per week on T uesday and W ednesday from 6-8 p.m . a t the W arm Springs Police d e p a rt m ent training trailer located next to th e W S P D A dm insitrative offices. T his class is designed to aid a person in passing the w rit ten test for an O regon S tate D river’s License. The classes are open to anyone. N o individuals will be allowed to jo in the class after the second session. This class will be limited to tw enty (20) people due to space lim itations. E nroll by cal ling T oni a t 553-1172 during weekdays, 8 a.m . to 5 p.m. Idaho joins fishing suit Vern Nance retired after 27 years with the Warm Springs Forestry Department. “ I m ight do nothing. I might ju st go fishing all the tim e.” R etirem ent fo r supervisory for estry technician Vern Nance awa kens m any possibilities, each to be looked forw ard to. T w enty-seven years w ith the W arm Springs B ureau o f Indian A ffairs F o restry D ep artm en t is e n o u g h tim e sp en t w o rk in g , N ance feels. Including tim e spent in the N avy p rio r to w ork in W arm Springs, Nance has accumu lated a to ta l w ork tim e w ith the federal governm ent surpassing 32 years. ,N ance began w ork w ith the F orestry D epartm ent as a scaler. A fter seven years he was p ro m oted to supervisor, „responsi ble fo r the w ork o f o th er scalers. He spent m uch tim e traveling, inspecting logs an d checking scalers co n tracted by th e F o re stry D epartm ent. W hen he began w ork in W arm S prings th e de partm ent employed only ten peo » ple and everyone scaled. Now, he com m ents, jo b s are special ized and there are 38 people in the departm ent. “ He put a lot o f effort into his jo b .” says tim b er sale ad m in is tr a to r B ob B o lto n w ho has worked with Nance for 19 years. “ He had high value standards. He w orked h ard an d expected others to do the sam e.” R etirem ent is “a whole new lifestyle,” says N ance. He has looked forw ard to retirem ent an d h a s n e v e r h a d se c o n d thoughts ab o u t it. N ance has been spending his tim e w orking around the house, h un tin g and fishing. L ater, he m entioned, he m ight consider getting a p a rti tim e jo b , doing som ething dif ferent, b u t not for awhile. N ance adds, he d o esn ’t miss going to w ork b u t, he says, “ I miss th e gals at w ork; th ey ’ve alw ays been good to m e.” The 9th C ircuit C o u rt of Ap peals has reversed a low er court o rd er g ran tin g Id ah o rights to jo in O regon, W ashington, and a n u m b er o f N o rthw est Indian tribes in a suit against the state regulations o f fishing on the C olum bia River. It was in 1968 w hen the Uni ted S tates alo n g w ith the C on federated T ribes o f the W arm Springs R eservation of Oregon, Y akim a In d ian N atio n and the U m atilla In d ia n R eservation filed suit against O regon defin ing Indian treaty rights on fish; ing the C olum bia River, Idaho filed a separate suit. W ith Id ah o participating irt the negotiations fo r a new fish* Tw o form er W arm Springs Boarding school teachers, Jewell Plum lee of Salem and Faye C argo o f K entucky died earlier this fall. B oth teachers had w orked in m igratory patterns of elk. R adio-telem etry d ata com bined with age stru cture and harvest rates will provide bio logical inform ation necessary to properly m anage reservation elk for your benefit. T here will be a m arked barrel placed outside the N atural R e sources office at the old adm in istration building for depositing jaw s or heads d uring the cow / calf h unt period. H unters who w ant to save the heads can call the N atural Re sources office and a technician will com e to their residence to check the teeth. s The co o p eratio n and assist ance of all hunters will.be appre ciated. W arm Springs during the 1950s. Both had retired an d moved from the area. Plum lee was liv ing in the Salem area. C argo had moved to K entucky after her retirem ent. Howlak ________ Tichum / V______ Arlifa “ Ducky” Shirley Kalama mg m anagem eht plan on the C olum bia R iver and its trib u Enrolled m em ber of the C on taries could have a significant f e d e r a te d T rib e s o f W a rm effect on the states fisheries be Springs A rlita “D ucky” Shirley cause a lot of the upper trib u tar Kalam a, aged 49 died November ies originate in Idaho. A five year m anagem ent plan 16, 1984 in Y akim a, W ashing was signed in 1977 fo r the C o ton following a prolonged illness. She was born Septem ber 16, lum bia R iver and its tributaries 1935 at W arm Springs to W al above the Bonneville D am , how ever in 1982 tw o tribes w ith ter and G race (A ndrew s) Jo h n drew to renegotiate the plan. son, bo th preceded her in death. A rlita lived m ost of her life in Idaho asked to intervene at th at Wai;m Springs. She had w orked time, b u t a lower co u rt denied their request claim ing it was as an alcohol counselor for the “untim ely,” and too late to enter W arm Springs Alcohol program. She held a special interest in ~the case. W asco traditions. W ith Id ah o entering the case S u rv iv in g are th re e so n s, there would be no dispute of interests th at would have any Alfred, A rnold and C harlie Eyle of W apato, W ashington; five effect on the case. Elk data requested The N atu ral Resources De partm en t is requesting tribal elk hunters who harvest a cow or calf elk d uring the reservation E ither-sex Season (N ovem ber 17-25) to bring in the head or lower jaw for aging. It is im p o rtan t th at the de p artm en t gets an accurate mea sure o f co w /calf harvest during this period. Elk can be aged by tooth w ear and th a t technique will be used to help determ ine herd age structure. The N atu ral R esources de p artm en t will, also, be radio- collaring five elk this w inter and m onitoring the anim als over the next couple years. The radio telem etry study will determine h ab itat usage, preference and teachers pass away daughters, Jacqueline Johnson and Alane Eyle of Warm Springs, Alexis, Addie and Alesia Eyle of W apato; three half-sisters, P a u lin e H o w to p a t, R o sa lia H ow topat and C arol Joe C raig all of W arm Springs; and three aunts, M ary Ann Meanus, Theda W halaw itsa and D onna Seyler all of W arm Springs. Dressing ceremonies were held M onday, N ovem ber 19 a t the Agency Longhouse with Pro- sanna W illiams officiating. T ri bal overnight cerem onies fol lowed at the Agency Longhouse. Burial was Tuesday, N ovem ber 20 at the Agency Cemetery. John Moss F orm er C aptain of the W arm retired from the BIA as a super Springs Police D epartm ent John visor. He w orked for tw o years M oss died N ovem ber 9 , 1984at for the Shoshone-B annock Fish the Pocatello R egional M edical and Wildlife departm ent. C enter in Pocatello, Idaho fol F uneral services were held at lowing a prolonged illness. the S andburke F uneral Home M oss was born in N oxon, in B lackfoot, Idaho on Tues M ontana A ugust 15, 1924 to day, N ovem ber 13. Burial fol H enry and Elsie (Truchot) Moss. lowed a t the G rove C ity Cem e He m arried Phyllis S hortm an tery with military graveside rites. A p ril 9, 1950 in M isso u la , S u rv iv in g him is his wife M o n tan a. In 1953 he w ent to Phyllis of G ibson, Idaho; three work for the Shoshone-Bannock so n s , W illia m , D a n ie l a n d T ribal police departm ent. In R o b ert M oss o f G ibson; three 1960 he transferred to the Bureau daughters, Betty M oss of P oca of Indian A ffairs law enforce tello, K aren M oss Sm all and m ent d ep artm ent. He w ent to D iane Moss b oth o f G ibson; w ork .for the BIA a t W arm tw o brothers Jim M oss and Springs R eservation as the C ap Tom M oss of G ibson; two sis tain of Police, a position he held te r s , G lo ria W h itw o r th o f until 1975. M oss returned to the B lackfoot, Idaho and M arilyn Shoshone-B annock reservation W oods of G roveland, Idaho and w ith the BIA and in 1982 he six grandchildren.
